AMRITSAR A day after a 40-year-old woman allegedly hacked the wife of her tenant—with whom she had illicit relations—and her minor daughter to death in the Mohkampura area of Amritsar, police on Wednesday arrested the victim woman’s husband.
Suman, 28, and her daughter Riya, 5, were killed allegedly by Kamlesh, 45, and their bodies were disposed of about a kilometre away from her house. Suman’s husband Deva Nand, 30, an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) constable, was not at home when the incident took place. The body of the girl child was buried, while that of Suman was thrown near a pond in Mohkampura.
“Kamlesh had confessed to the crime and told that the sharp-edged weapon she used to commit the crime was given to her by Deva Nand with whom she had been in an illicit relation for four years,” police had said.
Additional deputy commissioner of police (ADCP-City 2), Harpal Singh, said, “Deva Nand was booked in the case. He was absconding since Tuesday. We traced his location from the mobile phone and he was arrested from near Golden Gate in Amritsar.”
“During the interrogation, Deva Nand told us that he had been living as a tenant at Kamlesh’s house for last four years. Around four months ago, Suman was ill and Deva Nand brought her to the house as well. When Suman came to know about the illicit relation, she raised a voice against it. Deva Nand confessed that he had instructed Kamlesh to kill his wife,” he said.
{{/usCountry}}“During the interrogation, Deva Nand told us that he had been living as a tenant at Kamlesh’s house for last four years. Around four months ago, Suman was ill and Deva Nand brought her to the house as well. When Suman came to know about the illicit relation, she raised a voice against it. Deva Nand confessed that he had instructed Kamlesh to kill his wife,” he said.
{{/usCountry}}On Tuesday, police had also arrested Kamlesh’s husband Ram Tirath for helping her in disposing of Suman’s body.
A senior police official privy to the investigation said, “It was Kamlesh’ second marriage with Ram Tirath, a rickshaw puller. Once Kamlesh had gone to ITBP office for a work and had taken Deva Nand’s contact number. Since then Deva Nand had been living with Kamlesh. Ram Tirtah was not opposing his wife as she had been taking money from Deva Nand.”
Deva Nand along with his wife and daughter had been living at the first floor of the house for the past four months.
Ram Tirath has been sent to judicial custody after being presented in a local court while police have taken Kamlesh and Deva Nand on a day’s remand.
“Our preliminary investigation suggests that Deva Nand has illicit relations with some other women also. It has also been found that the constable was wanted to get rid of Kamlesh and his wife both. But he didn’t want to kill his daughter,” said the ADCP.
Police registered a case under sections 302 (murder), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence), 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the accused at Mohkampura police station.